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THe SpoKane Press.
GEORGE PUTNAM, Manager.
Published Kvcry Evenfhß F.Xf-spt Sunday by Tho Press Publishing Co.
SCRIPPS-McRAE FRES3 SERVICE.
Oi-4 cent per Copy, s-ix cents per week, twenty five cents per month I
or per year, delivered by carrier. No free copies. Entered No
vember i M . 190), al Spokane, Wash., as second-class matter, under !
Act of CoiiglWSS Of March 3. IS7D "
"ELEPHONE MAIN 375.
Firmer Speaker of tho St. Louis house of delegates Charles F.
Kelly, who forfeited his $10,000 hail bond while under indictment for
bribery, and who fled to Europe, was arrested in Philadelphia recently.
He was on hi 3 way back to St. to give himself up.
When arrested, Kelly said to a reporter:
"I have been all over Europe and have found no rest. I had
determined to come back and surrender myself and take the, conse
quences. The severing of home tins and the loss of associations
pleasant to me. to say nothing of being away from my family, was un
bearable to me."
When told that during his home vo>age his little son of 11 years
had died, Kelly broke down and wept bitterly. Thla man who went
away fine appearing and robust and who came back in three months
pale, wrinkled and aged, said:
"I am glad to go bark to my wife, who Is heartbroken over our
boy's death. 1 can't tell what Is ahead of mo there. I don't care,
either, now that my boy Is dead."
A sad home-coming!
And another powerful sermon against wrong-doing.
But will any be deterred thereby?
For thousands of years preachers and prophets and poets have
thundered this message: "The wages of sin is death!" "Be sure your
sin will find you out!"
And men go on sinning and suffering.
Why?
Because a free moral agent is able to snub God Almighty and
nil His ministries if it chooses.
The struggle in the heart of Charles Kelly is the struggle of every
prodigal. Home ties tugged for recognition. As David thirsted for
the spring, as the hart pants for the water brooks, so does the aalf
expatriated wretch long for home, and the bloodhounds of con
science never cease to bay pursuit.
Charles Kelly discovered that a man cannot run away from hlm
eelf.
Wherever It goes the guilty soul Is like Milton's devil. Its cry Is
the cry of poor satan: "Me miserable. Which way I fly Is hell. Myself
am hell."
Sin —detection —flight—remorse—penitence—return — this Is the
ceaseless tragedy of human weakness. And yet, like Mr. Linger
—After —Lust in "Pilgrim's Progress," men continue to hope up to
the very Jaws of defeat they may escape the consequences of those
laws which they know are inexorable.
POSTAL REFORM AND DIVORCE.
It takes little to cause divorce in these days. Most any excuse
will serve. But it has remained for the postmaster general of the
United States to furnish a cause that is valid and wide-spread.
Hi 3 order forbidding man and wife to hold clerkships In his de
partment has furnished the divorce mill much new grist to grind.
Many clerks prefer to give up their marriage relations rather than
their pay. It is always easy to get another husband or another wife,
but It is not always easy to get another good job.
One woman clerk drawing $1400 a year announces that she and
her husband, who draws $1800, have decided to part. "He has always
spent his salary," she says, "and I have always spent mine." Neither
cares to spend less. The only alternative is divorce, and divorce is
cheap and easy.
It would be interesting to know by what curious reasoning a man
and woman, divorced, will be any more satisfactory to the postal de
partment as clerks than they are married.
If there is any sense in the theory that marriage robs a woman of
the right to be a wage-earner, then there Is good sense in the univer
sal tendency toward divorce, not only in the postoffice department, but
everywhere else.
There are conditions that unfit a married woman for regular em
ployment outside the home. But no such condition lies !n marriage
Itself. Many childless wives, with little turn for houswbold duties,
may do as excellent service as women that are unmarried or divorced.
Many wives are justly proud of the ability to maintain their own re
sources and even contribute to the household fund. It is a laudable
pride and a worthy ambition. The government is in small business
when it makes a sweeping discrimination against these.
If the government is to throw its own ponderous wefgnt Into the
scale at all it should be on the side of wedlock, and not against it.
Of course, it is easy to say that a marriage which holds together
so loosely js better dissolved. But the loss of half the family income
Is no small matter, especially when the whole of it has barely sufficed.
Here are some hammer blows from the pen of Elbert Hubbard.
Mr. Hubbard Is the great American crank, who has done things, and
hasn't cared much what the world says about him.
In New York state be runs a book shop, with 200 employes, on
the Golden Rule plan, and has made it "go."
What he has to say, coming from a successful man, has weight.
Here it is:
"If the concern where you are employed is all wrong, and the Old
Man a curmudgeon, it may be well for you to go to the Old Man and
Confidentially, quietly and kindly tell blm that he Is a curmudgeon. Ex
plain to him that bis policy is absurd and preposterous. Then show
him how to reform his ways, and you might offer to take charge of the
concern and cleanse it of all its secret faults.
"Do this; or ft for any reason you should prefer not, then take your
choice of these: Get out, or get in line. You have got to do one or
the other —now make your choice.
"If you work for a man, In heaven's name, work for him.
"If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work
for blm —speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand
by the Institution he represents.
"I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would
not work for htm a part of the time, and then the rest of the time
work against blm. I would give an undivided service or none.
"If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty la worth a pound of
Cleverness.
If you must vilify, condemn and eternally disparage, why, resign
pour position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content
Bat, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not
condemn It. Not that you will Injure the Institution —not that —but
when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you dis
parage yourself."
If you are not the man Mr. Hubbard meant, read it again, anyway.
If you are the Chronic Kicker he so aptly describes, paste It In your
feat It is good stuff.
THE HUMAN STORY.
HORSE SENSE FROM HUBBARD.
THE OLDEST ACTRESS ' ""j ■
NOW UPON THE STAGE.
616 FRONT AYE.
MRB. C. H. .GILBERT, WHO HAS BEEN BEFORE THE FOOT
LIGHTS FOR SEVENTY YEAR 3.
Mrs. Gilbert lslhe oldest woman
now upon the stage. In spite of
her 82 years she Is still delighting
large audiences throughout the
east. Spesklng of her early days
on the stage three score and ten
years ago, Mrs. Gilbert says:
"We had to supply our own cos
tumes, and for a lojig time I made
mine altogether, and often had to
wear a single one throughout an en
tire performance for other reasons
than choice. Our only guide was
the list of costumes printed in the
front of the little books of the play.
We used only powder and rouge in
make-ups then, and I have always
JOE BAILEY STILL
IN DISREPUTE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Sena
tor Joe liailey of Texas seems not
yet to havo lived down the disgrace
in which he left for home at the
close of last*session. Evidently it
will take a iong time to efface the
recollection of his choking episode.
Reports from his state agree that
he has suffered greatly as a result
of his rowdyism. His former friends
and supporters feel that he has
brought them and the state into dis-
repute.
His colleagues in the senate are
courteous but cold in their treat
ment, but it is as if a member of
a club had disgraced himself. Other
members resent the affair as reflect
ing on them, and the offending one
finds his popularity on the wane.
He is forced to seek his associates
elsewhere, except when tho busi
ness of the organization brings
them together.
THE FINEST WHISKERS
IN THE WIDE WORLD.
RLOOMINGDALE. N. V., Dec. 13.
—William Smith, the oldest living
hunter, trapper and guide of the
Adriondacks, has the longest, thick
est, noblest, finest, softest, grand
est, most profuse, most illustrious
and most highly ornamental set of
whiskers ever seen by mortal man
east of the Mississippi river.
They are the outgrowth of 57
years of patient, self-sacrificing cul
ture and toil. Whene'er he takes
his walks abroad they trail behind
him on the ground for more than
SOME TALL HUSTLING
WILL BE NEEDED.
Else There Won't be a New De
partment of Commerce This .
Session.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.—After
all, that bill creating a department
of commerce may not be passed
this session. This is the judgment
of a member of the house commit
tee on interstate commerce, to
whom the bill was referred after It
had received the approval of the
senate. The member is a pretty
good prophet. It was fatal, this
delay all summer, when It was plan
ned that a " sub-committee should
work at harmonizing the bureaus
to be consolidated. The president
went hunting and forgot to appoint
the committee, so the work was not
taken up until this week.
Talk about harmonizing these ri
val bureaus! It would be easier to
harmonize a mess of screeching
magpies.
If the bill Is not pushed through
before Christmas It is likely to be
crowded aside by the bill to amend
the Interstate commerce act which
Is before the same committee, and
then It Is likely to be crowded out
by the appropriation bills, and then
it goes over to the next congress—
that limbo of the many!
Santa Fe. —Word has lust reach
ed this city that the private bank
of Hillsboro. Sierra county, N. M.,
was held up by burglars Wednes
day and $30,000 secured.
THE SPOKANE PRESS: BATTBDAT, DECEMBER IS, I*o3.
to this day bitterly opposed much
painting of the face."
"1 was trained for a dancer at
London, in the ballet school of her
majesty, in the Haymarket. When
about 12 I began dancing before the
footlights. The dancer's .costume
of that day extended below the
knees, and we would not have stood
! for a moment the various forms
!of undress of today.
"I have always loved acting as a
i dignified and noble profession, and
! have no patience with anything or
any person who does aught to belit
tle It. How long—well when you
read my death notice you can bo
sure that I have stopped acting,"
CHILDREN MURDERED
TO GET INSURANCE.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13—The
death of two children in this city
■under suspicious circumstances has
led to the disclosure of a surprising
character and paved the way for a
speedy change in the laws of Penn
sylvania. Both these children were
insured for small amounts and the
parents are now under arrest, sus
pected of having poisoned them in
order to collect the policies.
Investigating officials do not hes
itate to say that the practice of
insuring children, as permitted by
the laws of Pennsylvania, is an in
centive to childr murder. Among
the astonishing facts brought out
are these:
The premiums paid upon child In
surance in the clay of Philadelphia
six inches. Thus, like a true woods
man, he is always on the trail.
Mr. Smith was born in Barton,
Vt., 77 years ago. When he was
20 years old he found himself the
possessor of a remarkably luxuri
ant beard. No razor had ever
touched his young face.
On a windy day Professor Smith
reefs or double reefs his whiskers.
To see him going free, or with the
wind three points abaft the beam,
| Is one of tho most aesthetic treats
any artist ever enjoyed.
RAILWAY NEWS.
Former Trainmaster Wfllerton of
the Spokane Falls & Northern rail
way has taken his old run, on pass
enger between Spokane and Kalis
pell, Mont.
William Cotter, formerly of the
Wabash and Grand Trunk lines, has
been appointed manager of the en
tire Missouri Pacific system, with
headquarters at St. Louis', Mo.
The merger case which,involves
I the state of Minnesota , find the
Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific railroads is again being agi
tated. The railroads are/attempt
ing to show that the state has an
Individual interest.
3. O. Lorton, heretofore" train
master of the Illinois Central rail
road, has been appointed superin
tendent of the Chicago division,
vice H. McCourt, who is compelled
to retire on account of falling
health.
A westbound passenger train on
the Wabash railroad was recently
saved from disaster by the coolness
of the engineer. As the engineer
was passing over a long trestle at
a point near Clark, lad., he heard
the trestle crack and he opened the
throttle and used all the steam he
had and the motion of the train
was made so terrific that the weight
was reduced.
AMERICANS CLAIM A .
BIG FORTUNE ABROAD.
LONDON. Dec. 13.—Mrs. Jans
j Jane McDowell and her nephew,
jChas. Starr of New York City, are
j about to receive a visit from a
| lawyer, who starts this week to es
jtablish their claim to the estate of
J. W. Cunningham, a dry goods
'dealer in a modest way of business
' for many years in Tuaru. a small
market town in the county of Oal
! way.
Hedied intestate a short time ago
leaving $200,000 In real and person
al property to the great astonish
ment of the eighbors, who supposed
jhe was poor. He never married and
jit was thought at the time of his
'death that his only surviving rela
tive was a cousin named Caffrey, j
who lived in Cavan.
Caffrey was about to receive the
money, when a man on a visit from
the United States appeared on the
scene and declared ihat he knew
that the deceased had a half-sister
living in New York. The CafTrey's,
who*are poor folk, were heartbrok
en. Investigation indicated that
Mrs. McDowell was the relativo in
I question, and that there were a few
|others living in Missouri. The tea-
I tator started this business 40 years
jago on $25, with himself as mana
| ger, ofnee boy and housekeeper.
'He was extremely reticent.
WILL WORSHIP IN
A NEW CHURCH.
A Fine Home for the President and :
Fellow Parishioners.
WASHINOTON, Dec. 13.—The
president, will soon have a brand
new church in which to worship.
The Dutch Reformed congregation,
on 15th, near P, whore Roosevelt
has been wont to attend began to
build almost immediately upon the
acquisition of so distinguished a
parishioner.
The old church was located on
the extreme rear of the lot and
faced an alley, while nestling close
to a horse stable. The new edifice
is on the front of the lot and is a
very creditable affair. It is gray
stonp and follows the usual church
ly lines of architecture.
BURNED A VILLAGE TO
GET HER REVENGE.
VIENNA, Dec. 13.—Word comes
of a heartless crime which was re
cently perpetrated in the little Ty
rolese viilage of Matsch.
A wealthy woman of the villnge
in an attempt to avenge herself on
her quarrelsome neighbors, deliber
ately lighted a flre which consumed
the entire village.
More than 700 people lost not
only their houses, but practically
everything else they possessed.
They are now camping out in a
temperature many degrees below
zero, and are utterly destitute. The
incendiary has been arrested.
alone foot up yearly a total of close
t6 $1,500,000.
Four hundred thousand Philadel-
I phia children under twelve years
;oid are insured in the Industrial
land Mutual Benefit company.
"Cradle" insurance, as the busi
ness is technically called, extends
throughout Pennsylvania, showing
particular strength among the poor
of the mining districts. Upon the
books of one company more thau
one million "cradle" policies are
carried.
As a result of aroused public sen
timent a number of insurance
agents have vanished from their
Philadelphia haunts and several In
! surance offices, representing unre
liable companies, have abruptly
I gone out of business.
BUFFALO BILL
IS TO RETIRE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Colonel
W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) declared
today just prior to his departure
for Europe that his show, the "Wild
West," had appeared in this country
for the last time. Colonel Cody
plans to spend the next two years
In a European tour with his show.
When he returns to this country he
will devote his time exclusively to
his business interests.
New York.—ln an address last
night to the Patrla club, General
Fitzhugh Lee said that Cuba should
have been annexed.
Superintendent W. D. Scott of the
Cascade division of the Great
Northern is in the city.
W. M. Hobbs, general superin
tendent of the C. R. I. & P. railway,
has been appointed assistant gen
eral manager of the system. Mr.
Hobbs started as station agent and
operator, working to the position of
dispatcher, superintendent and gen
eral superintendent.
The Pennsylvania Special, be
tween New York and Chicago, re
cently accomplished the run from
Pittsburg to Chicago at a rate of
speed averaging 58 miles per hour.
At times the train was running ion
miles per hour. The fastest record
in the old world is 68 miles per
hour on the average test run.
On a number of recent trips the
coast train of the Great Northern
has consisted of three cars leaving
St. Paul, including sleepers,
coaches, mall, express and baggage
cars. The coaches and sleepers
are somewhat more than 80 feet
long and the engine and tender
measure 64 feet 5 inches over all.
It is estimated that the 13-oach
train from the point of the pilot
of the engine to the end of the
draw bar of last coach measures
1014 feet, 8 Inches, or nearly one-
I fifth of a mile. The average length
[of the Great Northern coast trel
lis 865 feet
Do you know the se
cret of good printing?
Perhaps you don't as
none but the great ar
tists have it exactly lo
cated. We cannot place
our finger upon it. but
we know that some
where within line work
manship, the best of
materials and perfect
equipment the secret
Ilea, and in order that
no chances may bo
taken we include all
these in our scheme of
business. The result is
n grade of printing that
hundreds of Spokana
business men have come
to know and appreciate.
inland
Printing Co.
610-613 Bprajru* At*.
No. 222-224 Post St. Tel. M. S3».
Residence Phone 8. 271.
SEEHORN
TRANSFER
COMPANY
sto»aoe—\v« store all kinds of
goods*
WE MOVE—Machinery, boilers,
merchandise, household (foods, every
thing.
BAGGAGE
Phone Main 517
«PMIH(O.
720 FIRST AYE.
John ..Mueller,
Contractorand Builder
Phone Main 13.
Symons Block, Spokane |
I
Armour's Star Mince Meat, 10c
per i«in nil; three pounds, 25c.
Norwegian Stock Fish, 20c per
pound.
Have you tried Gona Coffee?
Only 25c per pound.
Butterine, 35c and 40c per roll.
IjlHi [B (JIM
911 Spragu* Aye.
Phon* Blaok 3051.
The owl
BAR. CAFE
AND CLUB
The Popular Resort.
MAXWELL & HOLLINGBERY
PLUMBERB,
BTEAM AND QAB FITTERS.
Repair Work a Specialty.
1003 Sprague Aye., Spokane, Wash.
Telephone Blue 266. j
After all, what can improve on the food which
the child get* from its mother. Mother Nature
provide* us, her children, with n perfect medi
cal food in fledlcal Lake Salts, and fteeiosl
Lake Toilet Soap containing at it does 10jg*f
these famous Salts, if the purest, sweeten
medicated soap made. Use it In the little
one's bath, for it will make the skin bright and clear and free
it from all irritations and blemishes of the akin caused by Prickly
Heat, Rash, iiosqulto Bites, etc.
It's soothing, healing, purifying qualities are especially beneficial to
babies and young children—a necessary toilet article for every house
hold—you will never be without it once you have proved it's charming
efficacy. Druggists sell it—2s cents a cake. ■**
Buy fledlcal Lake Ointment, 25 cent* a box, and use it for all
eruptions of the skin. It will improve the complexion and it inval
uable for Sunburn, Windburn, Eczema, Itching Filet, Mosquito
and all Insect Bite*. Not greasy or sticky—is immediately absorbed
MBDKAL LAKB RBMBDIBS ARB NOT PATENT MEDICINES.
MEDICAL LAKE SALTS MFG. CO., Sole Mfrs.
NEW YORK AND SPOKANE, WASH.
Keep Out
of the Wet
The station wag-on which we are
offering at prices ranging around
$fit>o is one of the best bargains
over offered in the way of com
fortable and serviceable vehicle*.
If you drive after night or in wet
or sto-my weather, it is Just the
kind of a wagon you must have.
Now on exhibition.
X. M. PLOOOS, Aran*.
CURE
FOR
YOU
MEN
cured while you wo/k and without
pain of lost manhood, gonorrhoea,
syphilis, and all wasting diseases
by our wonderful vegetable rem
edies. Our great solvent crayons
dissolve stricture in lt> days. If
unable to call at the office, write
for particulars regarding our latest
improved home treatment which Is
always successful. Office hours, 9
a. m. to 8 p. m.; Sundays, 10 a. m.
to 5 p. m. P. O. Box 644.
ENGLISH
Tho Savoy, Main Aye. and Howard
Bt., Opposite Grand Hotel,
Spokane. Wash.
The Pennsylvania florae
and Investment (oianv
Basement of Auditorium
SPOKANE, WASH.
We make FARM and
CITY Loans at as low
rates as is consistent
with legitimate bus
iness, on carefully se
lected properties, and
faithfully and hon
estly attend to all mat
ters of a Fiduciary
character in Eastern
Washington and West
ern Idaho.
J. GRIER LONG,
««_ _ —
Manager.
Exchange National Bank
or spokawe. wash.
Designated Depository TTulttd States.
Capital f 150,000.00
Surplus and undivided
pi otils |179,588.»1
K. J. Dyer, President; Chas. Sweeny.
Vice President: C. hi. McDroom,
Cashter; W. M. Shaw. Assistant
Cashier.
CHICAGO TAILORING COMPANY,
Oscar Sowards, Prop.
Suits made to order. Lady tailor
ing a specialty. Steam cleaning,
dyeing and repairing. Will press
one suit a week for $1.50 a month.
217 Temple Court, Spokane, Wash.
Pbone Front 968.
HEISER'S DANCING ACADEMY.
Puptls receive private and class
Instructions. Tel. Hod 2941. Ar
mory, Madison at. ,
For KIDNEY TROUBLES and
CAPSULES
_lID_J
MEDICAL LAKE
| SOAP ,
sudcfraHcr Cirrlaft Rcptsirorg,
513-815 Ipragwe lf«.
MEDICAL
INSTITUTE
This is ihe tight
SEEK NO FURTHER
Ike Washington Water Power Co,
Spokane Drevin; i Natty (o.
FAMILY ORDERS
The Fitting National Bank.
Capital 1100.000
Surplus 36,000
Officers and Directors.!
Qeo. S. lirooke. President.
1). K. MoPherson. Vice President.
A. W. Lindsay. Cashier.
IS. II lirownell. Asst. Cashier.
We have for Sale
Ames Mercantile Agency.
Oregon R. R. & Nay. Co.
%rt§n shopi Llie R. R.
union pacific R. R.
ONLY 1.1 NIC BAST VIA
Salt LaKe and Denver
TWO TRAINS DAILY.
Steamship tickets to Eus*M|e and
other foreign countries, "
Daily Spokane Time Scnodule Dally
Pep Effective June t%, lOOii. | Air.
HM FAST MAIL—To and
A. at. from Coeur d'Alene dis
trict, Farmlngton, Gar
lleld. Colfax, •Pullman,
man, "Moscow, *P>in
roy, Wa Unburn", Day
ton, Walla Walla, Pen
dleton, linker City, and 6itS
all points KAST. P. BL
3i45 EX Pit ESS- For Farm-
P. St. tnaton, Colfax, Pullman,
Pullman, Moscow, Lewls-
Iston. Purtland, S a n
Francisco, Bakor City
all points EAST,
i UXI'HUHS — From all
i points KAST. Baker
' City. Ban Francisco,
Portland. Colfax, Gar- »:50
i najq anil Farmlngton. A. M.
CATARRH
Si toe
BLADDER.
Cures all
Discharges in'
> 'Except Sunday.
! Sburt lino to California. Han Fran
[clsco-Portland route. Steamers nail
ifrom Alnsworth dork. Porlund. at 8
'n. m., cvory five dnya.
! OKI). J. MOHI.EB. (Jen. Agt.
430 illvorslde Aye.. Spokane, Wash.
Telephone Main "■{
48 Hours
K*V* .«.(«. 1 a
bears (ha i
■avis iwi
MUUMMA
(not)
MMAAAJ
Order From
Empire State Building.
BREWERS AND
BOTTLERS OF
■
THE CELEBRATED
"GOLD TOP"
BOTTLED BEER
Spokane, Wash.
a general merchandise store at
Invoice price. Good location.
Present sales are over $1500
per month.
Srnplr* State Block.
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